Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1,2): Cypriote, Italian, and Etruscan pottery (London, 1912)

EARLY GRAECO-PHOENICIAN FABRICS. I 53

C 786. LEKYTHOS, similar. Form 98. Ht. 2| in. Similarly acquired.

Neck and handle slimmer than last. Drab slip ; dull brown paint. Rings
round mouth and neck ; handle as last; on the body, four groups of concentric
circles (four rings within a wider one).

^ '87. LEKYTHOS, similar. Form 98. Ht. 2| in. Similarly acquired.

Flattened base. Buff slip ; dark brown and dark red paint. Handle
broken off; surface worn in parts. Mouth painted red on outside ; round neck
black rings ; on the body each side and in front, three concentric circles, the
outer broader than the other two.

C 788. LEKYTHOS, similar. Form 98. Ht. 2^ in. Similarly acquired.

Handle wanting ; surface much worn and paint largely obliterated. Design
as last.

C 789. LEKYTHOS, similar. Form 98. Ht. 2} in. Similarly acquired.

Buff slip ; black and purple paint. Lip chipped. Lip purple and handle
black ; rings on neck ; on body, three groups of concentric circles, each com-
posed of two rings within outer band.

C 790. LEKYTHOS, similar. Form 98. Hi. 2| in. Similarly acquired.

Globular body with flattened base ; funnel-shaped mouth. Handle wanting ;
surface worn in parts. Purple on outside of mouth ; rings round neck ; on
body, three groups of concentric circles (four in each).

C 791, ARYBALLOS. Form between 97 and 104. Ht. il in. 1868 (Pierides). • Plate IV.

Type nearly as Cyprus Mits. Cat. 1006, with flat body, short narrow neck
with handle-ridge, flat lip (chipped), and small handle. Buff slip; black
paint. Rings on lip and neck ; bars on handle ; on shoulder, three groups of
five concentric rings, and one of broad and narrow rings ; round the body, rings
of varying width.

2. (2). Inferior Technique, Varying in Character (C 792-812).

^ 792. JUG. Ht. Sj. in. From excavations at Poli (the ancient Marion). Presented by the Plate IV.

Cyprus Exploration Fund, 1890. J.U.S., XI. p. 37.

Red clay, with unpolished slip ; dull black paint. Body somewhat flattened,
with wide neck, and trefoil lip; looped handle, on which is modelled a
serpent in relief. Repaired. On the lip and handle, black markings ; foot
painted black ; on neck, three wavy lines and ring at base ; on the shoulder,
lattice-triangles, with three narrow lines between two wide ones below.

[Cf. Cyprus Mus. Cat. 1130 c/ and 1134, and for the ornament, ibid. 1042.]